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The following is just my personal opinion. If there is something wrong, please forgive me!
I experience the Culture Shock in [B]a[/B]a[/COLOR]different way.
Firstly, we use fork and knife for eating some foods as ([B]like[/B]) pizza, Italian noodles, salad, in most of restaurant [U](restaurants) [/U] we can』t see the chopsticks except when we are eating in Chinese restaurant([U]s). [/U] There is a rule for eating I have read before, never click[U](whack)[/U] knife and fork to make noise, if you do, people will think that you are so rude(.)
Secondly, in school we can』t choose courses for what ever [U](whatever)[/U] we want, and there are eight blocks a day; when we go to school we must wear the school uniform, different we have four blocks a day only in most of Province BC, and we can wear and choose what ever [U](whatever) [/U] we want. Also when you are hungry during the class time, you can go to cafeteria after asking the teacher, but in Chinese [B](China)[/B] we can』t do this, actually school won』t sell any thing [B](anything) [/B] to students yet.
Thirdly before we go to see doctors、dentists etc. Even when you have serious health problem[B](s) (Such )[/B] as cancer that need[B](s)[/B] to accept (take) an operation, you must do (make) an appointment, obviously if you really have a serious problem, actually you can』t wait at least two weeks for an operation.
Then, I want to talk about the coins, when we shopping in Province BC, we use coins so often, like 10[B]($)[/B]cents、25[B]($)[/B]cents、1[B]($)[/B]dollar( [B]or $1[/B])、2[B]($)[/B]dollars(or [B]$2[/B]), by [B](In[/B]) my opinion, coins are not easy to store in pocket ([B]s), [/B] we just use cash (Bills) and Visa in Chinese. (This sentence is not very logical to me, cash doesn't include coins?)
For the ([B] As to[/B]) history, china has five thousand years history which are [B](is)[/B] from different [B](One)[/B] dynasties to another, different kings, Province BC only has 134 years history from BC join Confederation at [B](in)[/B]1871. Otherwise Canada is [B](rich in )[/B] [U]a [/U] natural environment, when I have been to some places in Richmond, Vancouver all the landscape[B](s)[/B] are completely [B](the)[/B] same.
In Canada there are different ethnic people, every ethnic people have[B](has)[/B] diverse tradition[B](s)[/B] like Christian、Moslem etc. So I think before we do some action, we should know what the meaning for different tradition is. In china, when you see your friends you will say 「Hello, nice to meet you」. But some ethnic people do a kiss beside other's face, [B](which) [/B] [U]that [/U] actually he or she doesn』t touch your face yet.
In China, most of the people live in high level[B](s) [/B] building[B](s)[/B] or apartment(s), because we don』t have so many places to build houses as Canada.
When we buy something to eat in park、airport、train-station we will pay even more [U](then)[/U] two or three times [B](prices) [/B] than in a place that on the street. For example last time I brought [B](bought)[/B] a bottle of soda water in the airport [B]( it had)[/B] reached 30 RMB, but if you buy the same stuff on the street you will only pay [B](it)[/B] less than 10 RMB, from now on I have never seen this situation in Canada.
There are different kind of traffic rules between Canada and China, as when you turn left or turn right, you have never allowed just looking at car mirror,some people [U]think this isn』t [/U] ( don't think this is ) a safety action; We must do an action called 「shoulder check」. Exceptionally(這個地方是用Exceptional還是Exceptionally?) if you do a 「shoulder check」 when you turn left or right in Chinese driver test, obviously you will fail? Teacher will say 「why don』t you use car mirror」. This is a good example to describe the different [B](difference). [/B] Another thing is, when you are riding or skating, you must have a helmet on your head. I have known this two week[B](s)[/B] ago, my tutor said to me: 「when you are riding without a helmet and police see you, you will get a big ticket from him」. |
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